The authors use data from a survey of employers to investigate how Affirmative Action in recruiting and hiring influences hiring practices, personnel policies, and ultimately employment outcomes. They find that Affirmative Action increases the number of recruitment and screening practices used...

Multiple regression is a common technique frequently utilized by economists and statisticians in employment discrimination litigation. This technique is often applied to the issue of discrimination on the basis of some dollar reward such as salary. The traditional regression method asks the...

This chapter summarizes recent research in economics that investigates differentials by race and gender in the labor market. We start with a statistical overview of the trends in labor market outcomes by race, gender and Hispanic origin, including some simple regressions on the determinants of...